ARDMORE, Okla. (May 4) — It took him 20 races to get his first of the year, and now Stormy Scott has won two of the last three United States Modified Touring Series main events after an impressive wire-to-wire win at the Southern Oklahoma Speedway Thursday night.
After receiving the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award, Scott led Cade Dillard the entire 40-lap distance to garner his 39th career USMTS victory and pocket the $3,000 winner’s share of the prize money.
Dillard, who closed to within two car-lengths late in the feature race, had to settle for the runner-up paycheck while Zack VanderBeek held off Jason Hughes and R.C. Whitwell for the other podium spot.
Chris Brown finished sixth and Ryan Gustin earned the KSE Racing Products Hard Charger Award for finishing seventh from the 16th starting spot. Triston Dycus, Dereck Ramirez and Joe Duvall completed the top 10.
USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental rolls on down the highway to the west on Friday as the series makes its maiden voyage to the West Texas Raceway in Lubbock, Texas, for another $3,000-to-win main event in the Summit Racing Equipment Southern Region presented by Production Jars.
The pit gate swing open at 4 p.m. and the grandstands will open for seating at 5:30. Hot laps begin at 8 with the first green flag flying at 8:30 p.m. General admission is $20, kids ages 5-16 are $10. Pit passes are $35. Children 4 and under are admitted free of charge. Southern Sport Mods, Stock Cars and Street Stocks will also be in action.
The West Texas Raceway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located south of Lubbock on US 87 to FM 1585, then east to Frontage Rd., then 0.3 mile north. For more information, call (806) 470-4388 or (406) 439-5086 or visit www.westtexasraceway.com online.
The 8th Annual Amarillo Ambush takes place on Saturday at the Route 66 Motor Speedway with pits opening at 4:30 p.m. and grandstands open at 6. Hot laps start at 6:30 and the first heat race hits the track at 7 p.m. General admission is $15, kids ages 4 and under get in for free and pit passes are $30. The four-division card will be rounded out by Street Stocks, Limited Late Models and Limited Modifieds.
The Route 66 Motor Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 1.5 miles south of I-40 at exit 75 on Lakeside Dr. in Amarillo. For more information, call the track office at (806) 383-0375 or (806) 335-3478 for race day updates. The track’s website is www.route66motorspeedway.com.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental – Summit Racing Equipment Southern Region presented by Production Jars
Southern Oklahoma Speedway, Ardmore, Okla.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won.
SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
2. (1) 90.5 Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas.
3. (9) A1 Phil Dixon, Crosby, Texas.
4. (8) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
5. (4) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas.
6. (6) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla.
7. (5) 3 Sam Cox, Flower Mound, Texas.
8. (7) 86 Jared Perez, Las Cruces, N.M.
9. (3) 74 Jasen Hammond, Graham, Texas.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
2. (2) 96 R.C. Whitwell (R), Tucson, Ariz.
3. (8) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (1) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
5. (6) 12b Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark.
6. (4) 18z Zane DeVilbiss (R), Farmington, N.M.
7. (7) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla.
8. (5) 51x Danny Florence, McKinney, Texas.
9. (9) 703 Treven Geter, Lindsay, Okla.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 8 Skip O’Neal, Midlothian, Texas.
2. (4) 14t Triston Dycus, Waxahachie, Texas.
3. (7) 21 Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla.
4. (3) 4w Tyler Wolff (R), Fayetteville, Ark.
5. (8) 23 Logan Robertson (R), Shamrock, Texas.
6. (9) D25 David Tanner (R), Wichita Falls, Texas.
7. (5) 78 Trevor Egbert, Salado, Texas.
8. (6) 14 Travis Bragg, Duncan, Okla.
9. (2) 26 Austin Huskey (R), Lubbock, Texas.
THE JOIE OF SEATING HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (3) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (2) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas.
3. (8) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (6) 49 Chadd Howell (R), Waurika, Okla.
5. (9) 34n C.A. Nix, Lawton, Okla.
6. (4) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Rockwall, Texas.
7. (7) 9 Kevin Rutherford (R), Flower Mound, Texas.
8. (5) 1s Travis Saurer (R), Elizabeth, Minn.
9. (1) 23 Adam Kates (R), Tonganoxie, Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (4) 12b Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark.
3. (3) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (6) 18z Zane DeVilbiss (R), Farmington, N.M.
5. (8) 78 Trevor Egbert, Salado, Texas.
6. (2) 34n C.A. Nix, Lawton, Okla., Hughes/Sput’s, $90.
7. (11) 74 Jasen Hammond, Graham, Texas, MBCustom/Schwanke, $75.
8. (7) 3 Sam Cox, Flower Mound, Texas, /, $75.
9. (9) 86 Jared Perez, Las Cruces, N.M., Taylor/GMPP, $75.
10. (10) 14 Travis Bragg, Duncan, Okla., Taylor/Victory, $75.
11. (5) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas.
DNS – 26 Austin Huskey (R), Lubbock, Texas, Shaw/Dubose, $90.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (5) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla.
2. (10) 1s Travis Saurer (R), Elizabeth, Minn.
3. (1) 49 Chadd Howell (R), Waurika, Okla.
4. (2) 23 Logan Robertson (R), Shamrock, Texas.
5. (7) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla.
6. (6) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Rockwall, Texas, MBCustom/Mullins, $90.
7. (3) 4w Tyler Wolff (R), Fayetteville, Ark., MBCustom/Hatfield, $90.
8. (8) 9 Kevin Rutherford (R), Flower Mound, Texas.
9. (4) D25 David Tanner (R), Wichita Falls, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, $90.
10. (9) 51x Danny Florence, McKinney, Texas, Skyrocket/, $75.
11. (11) 703 Treven Geter, Lindsay, Okla., Gould/Boyd’s, $75.
DNS – 23 Adam Kates (R), Tonganoxie, Kan., LG2/Speedway, $90.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/Mullins, 40, $3000.
2. (4) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., MBCustom/ASI, 40, $1700.
3. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, VanderBuilt/Sput’s, 40, $1200.
4. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1000.
5. (10) 96 R.C. Whitwell (R), Tucson, Ariz., MBCustom/Hatfield, 40, $900.
6. (11) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas, MBCustom/Durham, 40, $800.
7. (16) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $700.
8. (2) 14t Triston Dycus, Waxahachie, Texas, GRT/Wells, 40, $650.
9. (12) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., LG2/Cornett, 40, $600.
10. (5) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustom/Hatfield, 40, $550.
11. (15) 1s Travis Saurer (R), Elizabeth, Minn., MBCustom/Dakota, 40, $500.
12. (14) 12b Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark., Shaw/Yeoman, 40, $375.
13. (3) 8 Skip O’Neal, Midlothian, Texas, Rocket/Wells, 40, $350.
14. (18) 18z Zane DeVilbiss (R), Farmington, N.M., DeVilbiss/DeVilbiss, 39, $400.
15. (8) 21 Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla., GRT/Knowles, 39, $300.
16. (17) 49 Chadd Howell (R), Waurika, Okla., MBCustom/Hatfield, 39, $350.
17. (22) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas, MBCustom/KPE, 39, $325.
18. (19) 23 Logan Robertson (R), Shamrock, Texas, MBCustom/PPE, 39, $300.
19. (13) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla., Hughes/Geddes, 24, $300.
20. (21) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla., MBCustom/Wegner, 22, $300.
21. (20) 78 Trevor Egbert, Salado, Texas, GRT/Mullins, 12, $300.
22. (9) 90.5 Tommy Fain, Abilene, Texas, MBCustom/KSE, 9, $250.
23. (23) 9 Kevin Rutherford (R), Flower Mound, Texas, MBCustom/Mullins, 4, $300.
DNS – A1 Phil Dixon, Crosby, Texas, Elite/Durham, 0, $100.
(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.
Lap Leader: Scott 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Scott 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.877 second.
Time of Race: 13 minutes, 12.364 seconds (no cautions).
Provisional Starters: Rutherford, Houston.
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger: Gustin (started 16th, finished 7th).
Entries: 36.
Next Race: Friday, May 5, West Texas Raceway, Lubbock, Texas.
Summit Racing Equipment Southern Region Points: Dillard 1403, Hughes 1329, Brown 1325, Gustin 1307, Scott 1272, Ricky Thornton Jr. 1264, VanderBeek 1238, Ramirez 1196, Saurer 1151, Johnny Scott 1121.
Grant Junghans Rookie of the Year Points: Whitwell 1292, Wolff 1219, Saurer 1145, Billy Vogel 929, Kates 873.
Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 181, Durham 154, ASI 144, Sput’s 128, Hatfield 108.
Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 180, MBCustoms 176, GRT 165, VanderBuilt 129, LG2 127.
Contingency Awards:
Allstar Performance – Dycus.
American Racer – O’Neal.
Beyea Custom Headers – Wolff.
BigDeal Car Care – Scott.
BSB Manufacturing – Egbert.
Chix Gear Racewear – Dunn.
Day Motor Sports – Rutherford, Dixon.
Deatherage Opticians – Bragg.
Dickson Racing Shocks – Bonner.
E3 Spark Plugs – Vanderbeek.
Edelbrock – O’Neal.
Fast Shafts – Dillard.
Forty9Designs.com – DeVilbiss, Tillison.
Fuel Safe Racing Cells – Brown.
GRT Race Cars – Dycus.
Hooker Custom Harness – O’Neal.
Integra Shocks & Springs – Robertson.
Jerovetz Motorsports Racing Parts – Houston.
Keyser Manufacturing – Duvall.
KSE Racing Products – Gustin.
Out-Pace Racing Products – Howell.
QA1 – VanderBeek.
Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers.
Simpson Performance Products – Duvall.
Sweet Manufacturing – Fain.
Sybesma Graphics – Scott.
Tire Demon – Saurer.
VP Racing Fuels – Scott.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Dycus.
Wilwood Engineering – Gustin.
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